Paul is sad that his fellow Jews have not accepted God’s
gift of salvation: Jesus Christ. Their rejection of Jesus had
led to His crucifixion & death. The gift of salvation through
Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was now freely available to
anyone. As Paul saw many gentiles accepting Jesus, how
he hoped that his fellow Jews were doing the same! Do we
have same desire for our loved ones, relatives & friends
who have yet to know& accept Christ? In today’s Gospel,
we see Jesus test a gentile woman to see if she was
earnest in receiving a gift of deliverance - from a Holy
God. The Gentile woman’s persistent & willing to suffer
rebuff in order to obtain healing for her child. No one who
seeks Jesus in earnest & sincere faith was ever refused His help. Jesus accepts
anyone who seeks, loves & obey him, regardless of race, gender & position. As
Christians, are we holy, loving, forgiving, fair & honest? If we are not, we can’t say
that we have accepted Jesus as our Lord & Saviour. Can we?